The spatio-temporal relationships among aphids, the entomophthoran fungus, Pandora neoaphidis, and aphidophagous hoverflies in outdoor lettuce

Biological Control

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 304-311

  Díaz, Beatriz María ^a   Legarrea, Saioa ^a   Marcos García, María Ángeles ^a   Fereres, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aphididae; Conservation ecology; Entomophthorales; Intraguild relationships; P. neoaphidis; Population dynamics; SADIE; Sphaerophoria scripta Biological control; Syrphidae

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FUNGI; LACTUCA; MACROSIPHUM EUPHORBIAE; NASONOVIA RIBIS-NIGRI; PANDORA NEOAPHIDIS; SPHAEROPHORIA SCRIPTA; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 77950457588     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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